Britain's WRC future faces real problems

OPINION: Under pressure from the WRC Promoter to shake things up, and with waning interest from the Welsh Government, Rally GB is approaching a key period that could shape its future in the World Championship, or lead to it being axed

A man on a bike stopped, retrieved his telephone from his pocket and took a photograph. Seeing two chaps dressed like the Toyota he'd just taken a picture of, he pedalled in their direction.

"Is this one gonna be racing then?" he questioned, nodding in the direction of the Yaris WRC parked outside Liverpool's famous Liver Building.